TN: 1998 Hardys Tintara McLaren Vale Shiraz

[n4sir]

1998 Hardys Tintara Shiraz, McLaren Vale (cork): 14.5% alc. Impressive medium to dark red/crimson. Like the colour everything else about the wine still seems remarkably young, the nose full of fresh blueberry, blackberry, black olive, graphite and cedar oak, the palate building from the soft entry to a massive, tarry mid-palate, finishing with velvety, chalky tannin, sour plum and sweet cherry. No alcohol heat, silent but deadly. It's a pity they don't make them like this anymore; it's a safe bet this will probably outlive any subsequent releases of the Tintara label by a fair margin.



Cheers,
Ian

[Hunter]

My brothers dropping off a heap of these he found in an old storgae room he discovered at a hotel he purchased.
Hopefuly there still in good nic.
Aswel as some 97 rwt's
Supose the place stocked up on them some time ago while they where cheap when the 98's where released

[JamieBahrain]

Blast from the past ! A label I'd forgotten.

They were never really cheap from memory?

[JamieBahrain]

Blast from the past ! A label I'd forgotten.

They were never really cheap from memory?

[felixp]

the 95 was a great wine, probably still is. What happened to that label?

[daz]

The label is still being used.......................

[michel]

grenache from this year and label was pretty damn fine and good value
chewed through a lot of them

[TravisW]

the 95 was a great wine, probably still is. What happened to that label?

Indeed. I think we had our last one two years ago. A bit delicate but still well balanced.

[Michael R]

grenache from this year and label was pretty damn fine and good value
chewed through a lot of them

+1, although my last one was a few years back.